FOOD & DRINK
New restaurant with live entertainment coming to the Mall of Louisiana
A new restaurant that will offer Southern cuisine and live entertainment in a “grown and sexy” atmosphere is set to open in early June at the Mall of Louisiana. Flavor’s Restaurant & Bar will go into a 7,500 square foot space in the mall’s open air boulevard shopping center. Several restaurants have operated in that space over the years, most recently Old Captain Juicy Seafood and Bar.
New Baton Rouge bar offers food, drinks, video games for fun with friends
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A new bar recently opened in downtown Baton Rouge. There are multiple 70-inch TVs, surround sound and a pool table. Guests can play video games, including Mario Kart, while sipping and snacking on signature menu items. The Somewhere Neighborhood Bar, 214 3rd Street, opened...
Donaldsonville historic block transformed back to 1930s for filming of Michael B. Jordan movie
Antique cars and items from a bygone era filled the historic main street of Ascension Parish's westbank city. The 200 block of Railroad Avenue in Donaldsonville was turned back to the 1930s for a movie starring Michael B. Jordan. Members of the Baton Rouge area Red Stick Model A Club...
Geismar natives THEBROSFRESH take on Blues Fest
BATON ROUGE- Geismar natives THEBROSFRESH took the stage Sunday during the 2024 Baton Rouge Blues Fest. Formed by brothers Thurman and Torrence Thomas, the band performed in front of their home crowd. "Growing up in this area has shaped our sound in ways that we're really discovering now," Thurman Thomas...
Making gajeyuk from 'Tasting History': A Korean delicacy worth trying at home
"Tasting History" by Max Miller, the East Baton Rouge Parish Library's One Book One Community selection for 2024, has surely been as much fun as a community read could be. Just because the One Book One Community festivities wind down at the end of this month, that doesn't mean the enjoyment has to end.
Baton Rouge principal gives up desk to walk 20K steps a day. He's a TikTok sensation.
Whether dealing with social media or unusual office spaces, Jared Lamb does things differently. Lamb is the head of school at BASIS Baton Rouge Materra. Soon after arriving from New Orleans in 2022, he heard about a problem: There wasn't enough space at the school for a conference room. "We're...
CATS offering on-demand transportation to mobile Red Stick Farmers Market
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Capital Area Transit System, or CATS, is now offering on-demand transportation to the mobile Red Stick Farmers Market. The new offering is the result of a partnership between CATS and the Big River Economic and Agricultural Development Alliance, or BREADA. The on-demand transportation will...
Wild Ones: Nurturing backyard native plants in Baton Rouge. Here's how you can, too
Janine Kharey’s backyard is a maze of pots, planters and promise. Her patio and yard are dotted with colors, fresh greens and multiple textures that will continually change from now until late fall. Her black cherry, chokeberry, cherry laurel and red mulberry trees have set fruit; there are blossoms on the sharp sepal beardtongue and yellow star grass as copper iris and swamp lily begin to bud and the fronds of sensitive fern unfurl. Sagittaria stalks jockey for a bit of sun among a dense growth of obedient plants and horsetail rushes.
Pizza, pot roast po-boys, tuna tarts and more: Best things we ate this week
Cast-iron redfish and bluefin tuna tart from Library Wine and Provisions. People tend to throw around the phrase, "Worth the drive." I mean serious business when I say Library Wine and Provisions in Gonzales is absolutely worth the drive. Look at it like a quick, mini adventure. First, the ambiance...
Check the Outdoors calender for fishing events and LDWF updates (copy)
RED STICK FLY FISHERS FLY TYING: 7 p.m., Orvis Shop, Bluebonnet Boulevard. Website: rsff.org. GULF COUNCIL REEF FISH PANEL MEETING: 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., 4107 West Spruce Street, Suite 200, Tampa, Florida. Top items: Red Snapper Research Track Assessment; recreational red grouper and gag grouper landings. Public comment accepted. Website: gulfcouncil.org.
BREC eyes July unveiling for zoo improvements, details 10-year plan across multiple projects
BATON ROUGE — The first phase of the multi-year, $55 million revitalization of the Baton Rouge Zoo and surrounding facilities is aiming for a July grand opening to coincide with National Parks and Recreation Month, BREC Superintendent Corey Wilson said Monday at the Baton Rouge Press Club. The zoo's...
Laugh it up at the Baton Rouge Improv Comedy Festival starting Wednesday on LSU campus
If doing one simple thing would relax your whole body, burn calories and possibly help you live longer, you'd do it, wouldn't you?. That's the word from HelpGuide.org and just a sample of the benefits of giggling, chuckling and yes, guffawing. There's a perfect opportunity to get in loads of...
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